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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
<br />INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COORDINATED PLANNING
<br />AND SCHOOL CONCURRENCY
<br />This Interlocal Agreement (hereinafter referred to as "Agreement") is entered into between the Indian
<br />River County Board of County Commissioners (hereinafter referred to as "County"), the City or Town Council
<br />of the Cities of Fellsmere, Sebastian, Vero Beach, and the Town of Indian River Shores (hereinafter referred to
<br />as "Cities"), and the School Board of Indian River County, Florida (hereinafter referred to as "School Board").
<br />Not participating in this Agreement is the Town of Orchid. This jurisdiction is not participating in this
<br />Agreement because it qualifies for exemption pursuant to the provisions of Section 163.3177(12)(b), Florida
<br />Statutes.
<br />WHEREAS, the County, Cities, and School Board recognize their mutual obligation and responsibility
<br />for the education, nurture and general well-being of the children of Indian River County; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Parties are authorized to enter into and update this Agreement pursuant to Section
<br />163.01, Section 163.3177(6)(h)2 and Section 1013.33, F. S.; and
<br />WHEREAS, Sections 163.3177(6)(h)1 and 2, Florida Statutes, require each local government as part of
<br />its comprehensive plan to adopt an intergovernmental coordination element that establishes principles and
<br />guidelines to be used to coordinate the local government's adopted comprehensive plan with the plans of the
<br />School Board, and describes the processes for collaborative planning and decision making on population
<br />projections and public school siting; and
<br />WHEREAS, per Sections 163.31777, 163.3180(13), and 1013.33, Florida Statutes, the County, Cities
<br />and School Board must update their Public School Interlocal Agreement; and
<br />WHEREAS, Section 163.3180(13), Florida Statutes, requires the County, the Cities and the School
<br />Board to adopt a School Concurrency program; and
<br />WHEREAS, the County, Cities and School Board recognize the benefits that will flow to the citizens
<br />and students of their communities by more closely coordinating their comprehensive land use and school
<br />facilities planning programs. These benefits include: (1) better coordination of new schools in time and place
<br />with land development, (2) greater efficiency for the School Board, Cities and County through the reduction of
<br />student travel times and the placement of schools to take advantage of existing and planned roads, water lines,
<br />sewer lines and parks, (3) improved student access and safety through coordination of school construction with
<br />local government road and sidewalk construction, (4) better location and design of schools so that they serve as
<br />community focal points, (5) improved location and design of schools with parks, ball fields, libraries, and other
<br />community facilities to take advantage of joint use opportunities, and (6) better location of new schools and
<br />expansion and rehabilitation of existing schools in order to reduce pressures contributing to urban sprawl; and
<br />WHEREAS, the County, Cities and School Board have further determined that it is necessary and
<br />appropriate for the entities to cooperate with each other to provide adequate public school facilities in a timely
<br />manner and at appropriate locations, to eliminate any deficit of permanent student stations, and to provide
<br />capacity for projected new growth; and
<br />WHEREAS, Section 1013.33, Florida Statutes, requires that the location of public educational facilities
<br />must be consistent with the comprehensive plan and land development regulations of the appropriate local
<br />governing body; and
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